NBC Expands The Office Series Finale

NBC announced Tuesday that it will add an extra 15 minutes to the long-running sitcom's May 16 finale. The Office's last episode will now air 9-10:15 p.m., followed by Hannibal, which will run 10:15-11 p.m. with limited commercial interruptions.

The news comes a little more than a month after a petition was launched to supersize The Office finale. Back in 2006, the show's Season 2 finale was also expanded from the normal 22 minutes to 28 minutes after a similar petition was set up. "The network's being creative about scraping more time together for us without having us start the finale in a weird time that will cause half the audience to miss the first 10 minutes or something," Showrunner Greg Daniels told reporters on a conference call last week.

The final episode will include a wedding and also catch up with the employees of Dunder Mifflin, past and present, months after the documentary has aired, according to an episode description released last month.